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Hotel staycations and buffets in Tokyo: what the plans include and how to book

Checked against official sources on October 12, 2026 (sources below)

4 Tokyo hotels for families over New Year

  • Children sleep free up to age 12 at New Otani, age 5 at Park Tower, before elementary school at Tokyo Dome Hotel, and preschool age at Keio Plaza.
  • On December 30 on Rakuten Travel (1 night, 2 adults in one room): from ¥70,490 at Keio Plaza and from ¥98,670 at Park Tower.

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Many Tokyo families spend New Year at home but book one or two nights in a hotel. Others use the big hotel buffets for lunch or dinner. This guide puts both in one place: four hotel stays around New Year (Hotel New Otani Tokyo, The Prince Park Tower Tokyo, Tokyo Dome Hotel and Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo) and four hotel buffets (Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Hilton Tokyo, The Westin Tokyo and Hotel New Otani Tokyo). It compares what the plans include, what they cost, and how to book and pay when the booking screens are in Japanese.

In short

  • For one night with 2 adults in one room on Wednesday, December 30, 2026, the lowest Rakuten Travel price we found was ¥70,490 (Keio Plaza). Hotel New Otani Tokyo had no one-night room from December 29 to January 3. Prices from December 30 to December 31 jump at some hotels.
  • Children who sleep in the parents’ bed are free up to age 12 (New Otani), age 5 (Park Tower), before elementary school (Tokyo Dome Hotel) and preschool age (Keio Plaza). The head counts differ by hotel.
  • Weekday buffet prices for adults run from ¥6,200 (Hilton lunch) to ¥12,000 (Imperial lunch), and from ¥8,500 (Hilton dinner, Monday to Thursday) to ¥17,000 (Imperial dinner). The children’s price is for ages 4 to 12 at all four.
  • All four buffets take bookings on TableCheck, which has an English screen. The New Year stay plans are booked on each hotel’s site (some pages are in Japanese only) or on Rakuten Travel (Japanese).

Checked with official pages on October 12, 2026. Hotel rates are as shown on Rakuten Travel on October 11, 2026.

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1. How do the four hotel stays compare?

Depends on the provider

The age limit for a free sleeping-in child is 12 at Hotel New Otani Tokyo, 5 at Park Tower, before elementary school at Tokyo Dome Hotel and preschool age at Keio Plaza. All four hotels are within a few minutes’ walk of a station. Click a hotel name to jump to its section.

HotelNearest stationBookingFree sleeping-in child
New OtaniAkasaka-mitsuke or Nagatacho: 3 minNew Year plan on the hotel site (3 to 4 nights)Up to age 12 (same number as adults)
Park TowerAkabanebashi: 2 minNew Year plan on the hotel site; other plans on Rakuten TravelUp to age 5 (2 guests per room)
Tokyo Dome HotelSuidobashi: about 1 minNew Year plan on the hotel site (2 nights)Before elementary school (1 per adult)
Keio PlazaTochomae: 1 minRakuten Travel or the hotel sitePreschool age (1 per adult)
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The hotels’ own New Year plans mostly take several nights. If you want one night only, you will look for a regular plan on Rakuten Travel or on the hotel’s site. Tokyo Dome Hotel’s New Year plan is 2 nights from Thursday, December 31, 2026. Hotel New Otani Tokyo’s New Year plan buttons are for 3 or 4 nights arriving on December 30 or 31.

2. What does one night cost from December 29 to January 2?

Depends on the provider

The same hotel can cost much more on December 31 than on December 30: Park Tower goes from ¥98,670 to ¥251,608, and Keio Plaza from ¥70,490 to ¥94,400. The table shows the lowest plan total for 2 adults in 1 room, 1 night, tax included, as shown on Rakuten Travel on October 11, 2026.

HotelDec 30 (Wed)Dec 31 (Thu)Jan 2 (Sat)
New OtaniNo roomNo roomNo room
Park Tower¥98,670¥251,608¥222,008
Tokyo Dome Hotel¥56,174No room¥30,030
Keio Plaza¥70,490¥94,400¥57,000

On December 29 (Tuesday), the figures are ¥104,836 (Park Tower), ¥56,174 (Tokyo Dome Hotel) and ¥70,490 (Keio Plaza); New Otani had no room. Two prices were also checked on the Rakuten Travel screen itself: Keio Plaza for December 30 (¥70,490 in total, ¥35,245 per person) and New Otani for December 30 (the screen said no room was found).

What the lowest plan is differs by date and hotel. At Park Tower, the December 29 and 30 prices are for a Park Twin room, room only, with an early-booking discount. The December 31 and January 2 prices are for club-floor suites, which include breakfast. At Tokyo Dome Hotel, December 29 and 30 are room-only plans from 16:00 to 9:00 the next morning (double room for 2, smoking room), and January 2 is a room-only plan with check-in at 19:00 and check-out at 10:00 (non-smoking). Keio Plaza is a Standard Double (non-smoking) without meals; December 31 is the “Plaza Stay” plan and the other dates are the “5% off 28 days ahead” plan.

3. What should I know before choosing in Tokyo?

Depends on the provider

All four hotels are within walking distance of a station. If you go by car, the parking fee for guests differs: free at New Otani, ¥1,000 per night at Keio Plaza, ¥2,000 per car per night at Tokyo Dome Hotel and ¥3,000 per car per night at Park Tower.

The outdoor summer pools are closed at New Year. Tokyo Dome Hotel’s garden pool closed on August 31, 2026, and Keio Plaza’s sky pool closed on September 27. The pool at New Otani is also seasonal. For children in winter, plan to combine the hotel with sights and events outside it.

4. Hotel New Otani Tokyo: the New Year plan is 3 to 4 nights, sleeping-in is free up to age 12

Depends on the provider

The nearest stations are Akasaka-mitsuke (Tokyo Metro Ginza and Marunouchi lines, exit D Kioicho) and Nagatacho (Hanzomon and Namboku lines, exit 7), each 3 minutes on foot. Nagatacho has many stairs, and the hotel recommends Akasaka-mitsuke for strollers (access page, Japanese).

Hotel New Otani Tokyo, New Year plan 2026 (last year’s edition; hotel’s official YouTube channel)

In The Main and the Garden Tower, a child up to elementary school age (12) sleeps free without an extra bed, up to the same number as adults. The child gets no perks such as breakfast (service guide, Japanese).

The hotel lends yukata for children, a booster toilet seat, a step stool and picture books. Bed guards are for children from 18 to 60 months, and baby beds for those under 18 months. Room service has set menus for children (page for guests with children, Japanese).

Parking for hotel guests is free (the regular fee is ¥500 per 30 minutes). The members-only sports club (gym, pool and sauna) is open to hotel guests as visitors for ¥5,500, for ages 18 and over.

The New Year Plan 2027 page (Japanese) says there are more than 100 New Year events for two or three generations. The booking buttons on that page are for 3 or 4 nights arriving on December 30 or 31. The hotel’s English New Year page still showed last winter’s events (December 31, 2025 to January 3, 2026) when we checked.

On Rakuten Travel, no one-night room was available from December 29 to January 3. One-night rooms were found for Monday, December 28 (The Main, Standard Double, non-smoking, room only: ¥54,720) and Tuesday, January 5 (same room: ¥45,920), as shown on October 11, 2026.

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Address: 4-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda Ward (東京都千代田区紀尾井町4-1). Google Maps. Phone: 03-3265-1111. Check-in 15:00, check-out 12:00.

NameHotel New Otani Tokyo
Address4-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda Ward
Hours /
Closed
Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 12:00
Phone03-3265-1111
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5. The Prince Park Tower Tokyo: a New Year plan for three generations, sleeping-in up to age 5

Depends on the provider

The hotel is 2 minutes on foot from Akabanebashi Station (Toei Oedo Line) and 3 minutes from Shibakoen Station (Toei Mita Line, exit A4). From JR Hamamatsucho Station it is 12 minutes on foot (FAQ, Japanese).

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The hotel’s official Instagram (in Japanese): Tokyo Tower seen from a Panoramic Junior Suite

A child up to age 5 sleeps free, up to 2 guests per room whatever the bed type. A child aged 6 or older pays the adult price. Bed guards (18 to 60 months) and baby beds (for babies who cannot yet pull themselves up to stand) are available.

In a press release dated September 3, 2026, the hotel described its “New Year Plan 2027” as a plan for three generations; booking opened at 12:00 on September 24 (press release, Japanese). On New Year’s Eve, the neighboring Prince Shibakoen has a countdown with 1 million soap bubbles and live music. New events are a concert by Miki Asakura, a show by Casey Hashimoto and rakugo by Shofukutei Tsurukou.

Parking for hotel guests is ¥3,000 per car per night and cannot be reserved in advance. The height limit is 2.1 m.

On Rakuten Travel, one night on December 29 is ¥104,836 and on December 30 ¥98,670 (Park Twin room, room only, early-booking discount). December 31 is ¥251,608 and January 2 is ¥222,008; in both cases the room shown was a club-floor room. January 4 is ¥43,168, less than half of the New Year dates.

Prince Hotels’ English site (princehotels.com/parktower) has an English booking page. The plan details are on Japanese pages.

Address: 4-8-1 Shibakoen, Minato Ward (東京都港区芝公園4-8-1). Google Maps. Phone: 03-5400-1111. Check-in 15:00, check-out 12:00.

NameThe Prince Park Tower Tokyo
Address4-8-1 Shibakoen, Minato Ward
Hours /
Closed
Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 12:00
Phone03-5400-1111
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6. Tokyo Dome Hotel: a 2-night New Year plan from December 31, sleeping-in before elementary school

Depends on the provider

The hotel is about 1 minute on foot from Suidobashi Station (Toei Mita Line, exit A2), about 2 minutes from JR Suidobashi (east exit), about 5 minutes from Korakuen Station (Tokyo Metro, exit 2) and about 6 minutes from Kasuga Station (Toei Oedo Line, exit 6) (access page, Japanese).

Tokyo Dome Hotel, Sanrio character room plan (hotel’s official YouTube channel)

A child before elementary school age sleeps free in the bed with a parent, up to 1 child per adult. The hotel lends a baby bed free for babies under 1 year old. Pajamas (size 120), slippers, a toothbrush, a booster toilet seat and a step stool can also be borrowed (children’s services, Japanese).

The New Year plan (“Shinshun Rakuraku Plan”) is 2 nights from Thursday, December 31, 2026, with dinner, breakfast, New Year’s Eve soba and a New Year’s Day osechi meal. The price for 2 nights per person is ¥84,300 in a Twin Room A (2 guests) and ¥76,700 in a Triple Room B (3 guests); a single room is ¥96,700. Dinner is booked separately at the hotel’s restaurants; the hotel sends the restaurant menus by email in early December (plan page, Japanese).

Internet booking for the plan starts at 10:00 on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, and phone booking at 10:00 on Wednesday, October 21. See section 14 for the steps. For the dinner-and-breakfast plan, cancellation is free until December 16, then 10% of the plan price from December 17 to 29, 50% on December 30, and 100% from December 31 or for a no-show.

Parking for guests is ¥2,000 per car per night (tax included), with free entry and exit until 13:00 on the check-out day. Entry may be limited on days with events at Tokyo Dome (parking page, Japanese).

On Rakuten Travel, one night on December 29 and 30 is ¥56,174 (room only, 16:00 to 9:00 the next morning, smoking room), and December 31 has no room. January 2 is ¥30,030 (room only, 19:00 to 10:00 the next morning, non-smoking).

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Address: 1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo Ward (東京都文京区後楽1-3-61). Google Maps. Phone: 03-5805-2111. Regular check-in 14:00, check-out 11:00 (the New Year plan has check-in at 12:00).

NameTokyo Dome Hotel
Address1-3-61 Koraku, Bunkyo Ward
Hours /
Closed
Check-in 14:00 · Check-out 11:00 (Check-in 12:00 for the Shinshun Rakuraku Plan)
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7. Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo: easy to find one night, 1 minute from the station

Depends on the provider

The hotel is 1 minute on foot from Tochomae Station (Toei Oedo Line, exits A1 and B1) and 5 minutes from the west exit of Shinjuku Station through the underground passage (access page, Japanese; the hotel also has an English site).

Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, “Travel Guide: Family Edition” (hotel’s official YouTube channel)

A child of preschool age who does not use a bed sleeps free, up to 1 child per adult. On a plan with breakfast, the breakfast for children aged 6 and over is included in the room price. Without breakfast, the buffet is ¥3,000 for ages 6 to 12 and free for age 5 and under. A baby cot (up to 10 months) and loan items for children under 3 (on the “Akachan Gokigen” plan, only in rooms with a washing area in the bathroom) are also available (page for guests with children, Japanese).

The hotel’s New Year 2027 page (Japanese) lists events and stay plans from Thursday, December 31 to Saturday, January 2.

Parking for guests is ¥1,000 per night. The regular fee is ¥400 per 30 minutes, with a 24-hour maximum of ¥2,000, but the maximum does not apply on December 30 and 31 or January 1 to 3 (parking page, Japanese). The sky pool was open from July 4 to September 27, 2026.

On Rakuten Travel, one night on December 29 and 30 is ¥70,490 (¥35,245 per person), December 31 is ¥94,400 and January 2 is ¥57,000. January 3 to 5 was ¥47,310.

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Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo (PR)
Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku Ward

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Address: 2-2-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku Ward (東京都新宿区西新宿2-2-1). Google Maps. Phone: 03-3344-0111. Check-in 15:00, check-out 11:00.

NameKeio Plaza Hotel Tokyo
Address2-2-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku Ward
Hours /
Closed
Check-in 15:00 · Check-out 11:00
Phone03-3344-0111
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8. Which stay fits my family?

Depends on the provider

  • One night at the lowest price: Keio Plaza on December 29 or 30, or Tokyo Dome Hotel on January 2.
  • New Year events and meals with children: the 2-night plan at Tokyo Dome Hotel is the one whose price terms are clear on the hotel’s page. For three generations, see Park Tower’s New Year plan.
  • An elementary school child who sleeps in the parents’ bed: only New Otani (up to age 12) fits. It has no one-night room from December 29 to January 3 on Rakuten Travel, so look at the hotel’s New Year plan, or at December 28 or January 5.
  • By car: parking is free for guests at New Otani, so it is the lowest cost.

9. How do the four hotel buffets compare?

Depends on the provider

Hilton Tokyo (¥6,200) and The Westin Tokyo (¥7,500) have the lower weekday lunch prices of the four; Hotel New Otani Tokyo (¥10,500) and Imperial Hotel Tokyo (¥12,000) have the higher. Prices are per adult, tax and service charge included except at New Otani, where a 15% service charge is added. The amounts were checked on the hotels’ official pages on October 11, 2026. The children’s price is for ages 4 to 12 at all four.

HotelWeekday lunch / dinnerWeekend and holiday lunch / dinnerTime limit
Imperial¥12,000 / ¥17,000¥14,000 / ¥19,000120 min during the fair
Hilton Tokyo¥6,200 / ¥8,500¥6,900 / ¥9,500Seat up to 2 hours
Westin Tokyo¥7,500 / ¥8,800¥9,500 / ¥10,80090 to 120 min
New Otani (service charge extra)¥10,500 / ¥15,000¥12,500 / ¥17,0002 hours per session

The Hilton Tokyo dinner price is for Monday to Thursday; Friday to Sunday and holidays are ¥9,500. Prices are for the autumn period shown on each page. The hotels change prices for Christmas and the year-end, as the sections below show.

Weekend and holiday prices are ¥2,000 higher per adult at Imperial and New Otani. The Westin lunch is ¥7,500 on weekdays and ¥9,500 on weekends. The nearest station is Hibiya (exit A13, 3 minutes) for Imperial, Nishi-Shinjuku (exit C8, about 2 minutes) for Hilton Tokyo, Ebisu for The Westin Tokyo (the official pages do not state a walking time) and Akasaka-mitsuke (exit D Kioicho, 3 minutes) for New Otani.

10. Imperial Hotel Tokyo: weekday lunch ¥12,000, dinner ¥17,000

Depends on the provider

The Imperial Viking SAL costs ¥12,000 for weekday lunch and ¥17,000 for weekday dinner, and ¥14,000 and ¥19,000 on weekends and holidays. Prices include service charge and tax. Children aged 4 to 12 pay ¥6,500 (weekday lunch), ¥8,500 (weekday dinner), ¥8,000 (weekend and holiday lunch) and ¥10,000 (weekend and holiday dinner). The restaurant is on the 17th floor of the main building.

From November 1 to December 30 the fair is “Viking’s Journey” Part 4, “Italy”; the fair page (Japanese) shows dishes such as acqua pazza and margherita pizza, and a 120-minute limit. The fair page shows the same prices as the regular price page.

Booking is online or by phone. According to the English price page, cancelling a plan reservation costs 50% of the plan fee from 3 days to the day before, and 100% on the day; it may be waived for typhoons, earthquakes and similar events. The booking page asks groups of more than 9 to contact the restaurant directly, and says a reservation may be cancelled if you are 15 minutes late without contact. Payment is by credit card (the English page lists AX, VS, MS, UC, DC, DN, JCB, SA, UF and NS cards).

Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Imperial Viking SAL (Imperial Hotel official YouTube channel)

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Address: 1-1-1 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda Ward (東京都千代田区内幸町1-1-1). Google Maps. Phone: 03-3539-8187. Lunch 11:00 to 15:00 and dinner 17:30 to 22:00 (closing time). The nearest stations are Hibiya (exit A13) and Uchisaiwaicho (exit A5), each 3 minutes on foot.

11. Hilton Tokyo: Marble Lounge from ¥6,200 for weekday lunch

Depends on the provider

The autumn buffet at Marble Lounge runs until November 12: ¥6,200 for weekday lunch and ¥6,900 on weekends and holidays. Dinner is ¥8,500 from Monday to Thursday and ¥9,500 from Friday to Sunday and holidays; all prices include service charge and tax. Children aged 4 to 12 pay ¥3,600 for lunch (¥4,000 on weekends and holidays) and ¥4,800 for dinner (¥5,300 from Friday to Sunday and holidays); children aged 0 to 3 are free.

For lunch you choose an entry time of 11:30, 12:00 or 12:30, and your seat is for up to 2 hours. If you enter at 12:00 or later, food and drinks are served until 13:30 and the seat until 14:00. Dinner entries are 18:00, 18:30, 19:00 and 19:30, and an entry at 19:30 or later runs until 21:00.

An all-you-can-drink option is available: 6 kinds of drinks including bottled beer, sparkling wine, red and white wine and soft drinks cost ¥4,500 per person for 2 hours, and soft drinks only ¥1,500. The dinner page and the lunch page (both in Japanese) have special-price plans for bookings made through the hotel’s own site only; you must pick that plan on the booking screen. The all-you-can-drink plans are excluded from discounts.

The dates and prices from November 13 (winter) are not on the pages; choose a date on the booking screen to see them. The phone line for restaurant bookings is open from 10:30 to 18:00.

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Address: 6-6-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku Ward (東京都新宿区西新宿6-6-2). Google Maps. Phone: 03-3344-5111. The nearest stations are Nishi-Shinjuku (exit C8, about 2 minutes) and Tochomae (exit A7, about 3 minutes).

12. The Westin Tokyo: The Terrace, weekday lunch ¥7,500, dinner ¥8,800

Depends on the provider

The buffet at The Terrace is ¥7,500 for weekday lunch (90 minutes) and ¥8,800 for weekday dinner (120 minutes). On weekends and holidays, lunch is ¥9,500 (105 minutes) and dinner is ¥10,800 (120 minutes). Service charge and tax are included. Children aged 4 to 12 pay ¥4,000 for lunch and ¥4,800 for dinner.

“Merry Christmas at The Terrace” runs from November 7 to December 25. According to the menu page (Japanese), lunch is ¥7,500 on weekdays and ¥9,500 on weekends and holidays from November 7 to December 13, ¥9,500 from December 14 to 18, and ¥9,800 from December 20 to 25 (both with sparkling wine).

Dinner is ¥8,800 on weekdays and ¥10,800 on weekends and holidays from November 7 to December 13, ¥13,500 from December 14 to 18, and ¥13,800 from December 19 to 25 (both with sparkling wine). The child price is ¥6,300 from December 14. Roast turkey and bouillabaisse are served from December 16 to 25. A “party plan” with free-flow drinks is from ¥10,000 per person at dinner.

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Address: 1-4-1 Mita, Meguro Ward, The Westin Tokyo, 1st floor (東京都目黒区三田1-4-1 ウェスティンホテル東京 1階). Google Maps. Phone: 03-5423-7778. The nearest station is Ebisu; the official pages do not state a walking time. The TableCheck booking page lists a separate restaurant reservation line, 03-5423-7865 (10:00 to 20:00).

13. Hotel New Otani Tokyo: VIEW & DINING THE SKY, weekday lunch ¥10,500, dinner ¥15,000

Depends on the provider

VIEW & DINING THE SKY on the 17th floor costs ¥10,500 for weekday lunch and ¥15,000 for weekday dinner, and ¥12,500 and ¥17,000 on weekends and holidays. A 15% service charge is added. From December 19 to 27, lunch is ¥13,000 and dinner is ¥19,000; the rest of December is ¥12,500 and ¥17,000. Children aged 4 to 12 pay ¥5,500 (weekday lunch), ¥7,700 (weekday dinner), ¥6,800 (weekend and holiday lunch) and ¥9,000 (weekend and holiday dinner).

Lunch has four 2-hour sessions with entry at 11:30, 12:00, 12:30 and 13:00; on weekends and holidays there is a fifth from 13:45 to 15:45. Dinner has four sessions with entry at 17:30, 18:00, 18:30 and 19:00. For up to 7 guests, the cancellation fee is 50% from 1 to 3 days before and 100% on the day; cancellations are accepted until 17:00, and later ones count as the next day. A no-show is charged 100%. Groups of 13 or more should contact the restaurant directly, and the dress code is smart casual (TableCheck page).

The dinners on December 19, 20, 24 and 25 are the Christmas Premium Buffet (Japanese), a 2-hour sitting. For adults, the Standard plan with free-flow drinks including Laurent-Perrier is ¥29,000, and the Royal plan including Dom Pérignon is ¥80,000; service charge is extra. Children are ¥22,500 (13 to 19) and ¥11,000 (4 to 12), and ages 3 and under are free. Booking opens 2 months before the day, and the phone also takes bookings.

VIEW & DINING THE SKY (Hotel New Otani Tokyo official YouTube channel)

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Address: 4-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda Ward, The Main, 17th floor (東京都千代田区紀尾井町4-1 ホテルニューオータニ ザ・メイン17階). Google Maps. Phone: 03-3238-0028. The nearest stations are Akasaka-mitsuke (exit D Kioicho) and Nagatacho (exit 7), each 3 minutes on foot.

14. How do I book and pay if I do not read Japanese?

Depends on the provider

The four buffets and the four hotel stays use different systems. The buffets all use TableCheck, which has an English screen. The stays are booked on the hotel’s own site (some with English pages) or on Rakuten Travel, whose pages are in Japanese. Whether staff on the phone speak English is not stated on these pages.

Buffets: TableCheck (English screen)

  1. Open the hotel’s booking page. On each hotel’s restaurant page, the booking button leads to TableCheck. Switch the language to English at the top of the TableCheck page.
  2. Choose the menu. Pick lunch or dinner (for Hilton Tokyo, pick the special-price plan if you book through the hotel’s own site).
  3. Enter the number of adults, children and babies. Children aged 4 to 12 are charged the child price at all four hotels. Check the child and baby counts against each hotel’s rules above.
  4. Pick a date and time. The Westin page describes it as: choose the menu with “Select”, enter the number of guests, move the arrows in the availability calendar, click a “〇” for your time, and choose a seat type (such as table or counter).
  5. Read the cancellation policy. It is shown on the booking page and the confirmation page. Imperial and New Otani charge 50% from about 1 to 3 days before and 100% on the day; the Hilton page we read does not state a policy.

Payment: the Imperial page lists credit cards. The other three pages we read do not say which cards are accepted or whether you pay in advance, so check the confirmation page.

Stays: the hotel’s site or Rakuten Travel

  1. Decide where to book. Tokyo Dome Hotel’s New Year plan and Hotel New Otani Tokyo’s New Year plan are on the hotel’s site. For other nights, search Rakuten Travel.
  2. On Rakuten Travel, set the dates and guests. The screen uses these Japanese words: 利用日 (date of use), チェックイン / チェックアウト (check-in / check-out), 大人 / 子供 (adults / children), 部屋数 (number of rooms), 決定 (confirm) and 検索 (search). The page header has a language menu that lists English; the plan pages stay in Japanese.
  3. Open the plan list. Go to 宿泊プラン (overnight plans) or 部屋一覧 (room list). 合計料金 means the total price. Check whether the plan says room only or includes meals, and whether the room is smoking or non-smoking.
  4. Book on Tokyo Dome Hotel’s site for the New Year plan. The page tells you to register first (インターネット予約の事前会員登録). Internet booking opens on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 10:00; phone booking (03-5805-2222, 10:00 to 17:00 for this plan) opens on Wednesday, October 21 at 10:00. The page shows a language menu with English, Korean and Chinese; the plan terms are written in Japanese.
  5. Pay. Tokyo Dome Hotel’s payment page lists credit cards (one lump-sum payment only) and QR-code payments such as Alipay, WeChat Pay, UnionPay and PayPay. On Rakuten Travel, each hotel page lists the cards that hotel accepts (Keio Plaza’s lists Visa, JCB, American Express and Mastercard, among others, and says debit cards are accepted). What you pay in advance and what you pay at the hotel can differ by plan, so read the payment and cancellation lines on the plan page.

Important

The New Year plans and the December 30 to January 2 rooms can sell out, and the prices change by date. Open the plan page before you decide, and read the cancellation dates: the Tokyo Dome Hotel plan, for example, is free to cancel only until December 16.

What to say

年末年始のプランを予約したいです。大人◯名、子ども◯名です。 (Nenmatsu-nenshi no puran o yoyaku shitai desu. Otona ◯ mei, kodomo ◯ mei desu. = I would like to book a year-end and New Year plan. We are ◯ adults and ◯ children.)

Common questions

Can I stay just one night around New Year?

On Rakuten Travel, Park Tower, Tokyo Dome Hotel and Keio Plaza had one-night rooms for December 29 and 30. Hotel New Otani Tokyo had no one-night room from December 29 to January 3 (as shown on October 11, 2026).

Up to what age is sleeping in the bed free?

Up to age 12 at New Otani, age 5 at Park Tower, before elementary school at Tokyo Dome Hotel and preschool age at Keio Plaza. The headcount rules are in each hotel’s section.

Are the table prices what I will pay?

No. The table prices are the lowest plan totals for 2 adults in 1 room that Rakuten Travel showed on October 11, 2026. The room, plan and availability change the price. Open the link and check the conditions before you book.

Do the buffet prices include tax and service charge?

Imperial, Hilton Tokyo and The Westin Tokyo include both. At Hotel New Otani Tokyo, the service charge (15% on the booking page) is added to the regular buffet and the Christmas buffet.

Do I need a reservation for the buffets?

All four take reservations online or by phone. Hotel New Otani Tokyo marks it as required on its English page.

Next steps

Sources (checked October 2026)

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